1950 GENERAL ELECTION : Stockport South Constituency – Biography of Gridley
CANDIDATE BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1950 TIMES GUIDE TO THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
The General Election was held on 23 February 1950.
CONSTITUENCY NAME : Stockport South
CANDIDATE : Gridley
PARTY : C
ELECTORAL STATUS: Elected as MP
BIOGRAPHY :
Sir Arnold Gridley, born in 1878, has represented Stockport since 1935. Manager of an electric lighting and tramways company at the age of 22, he has a wide experience in electricity supply and was electricity controller for the Ministry of Munitions in 1916. He is chairman of a group of electricity manufacturing and other companies. He was President of the British Association of Chambers of Commerce, 1946-48.
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